As marketing director for PreSonus, Baton Rouge’s expert audio recording and music production company that has gone from homegrown to worldwide in its nearly two decades, Carl Jacobson is at the helm of the concepts and the messages that are taking the company to new heights. But he is also an artist himself who’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. Here he shares with 225 his favorite things.
My grandfather’s antique hammer. My grandfather, who I was named after, worked in the Charleston Navy Shipyard. He helped rebuild battleships during World War II and worked on the restoration of the USS Constitution, or “Old Ironsides.” It might just look like a hammer, but my grandfather made things, and he used this to rebuild something great. That’s how I want to remember him.
Photo of my father. I love this picture of my dad. After heart surgery, he’s become a nomad, roaming North America on his Harley ever since. So inspiring to me.